Palos Community Hospital
Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, Illinois charges 6.0x the Medicare reimbursement rate across 161 analyzed procedures, based on standardized pricing data from this nonprofit-private facility.
Palos Heights, IL 60463 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 3/5
About the analyst
Priya Iyengar leads the billing code review team at BillRazor Research. She analyzes NCCI bundling edits, DRG coding, and regional rate variation. Expertise: NCCI bundling, DRG analysis, regional pricing.
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Pricing grade
D
High
Avg markup vs Medicare
5.99x
Charge / Medicare rate
Max markup
11.71x
Worst procedure
Procedures analyzed
161
With pricing data
Outlier procedures
0%
Above 90th percentile
Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.
| Procedure | Code | Gross charge | Cash price | Medicare | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 039 | $74,845 | $37,422 | — | 11.7x |
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITHOUT CC/MCC | 419 | $73,288 | $36,644 | — | 10.4x |
| GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 390 | $23,633 | $11,817 | — | 10.3x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 066 | $33,542 | $16,771 | — | 10.2x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 065 | $50,764 | $25,382 | — | 9.2x |
| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC | 069 | $40,485 | $20,243 | — | 9.2x |
| ISCHEMIC STROKE, PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT WIT | 062 | $102,177 | $51,089 | — | 9.1x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 331 | $85,305 | $42,653 | — | 9.1x |
| CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCC | 235 | $218,189 | $109,095 | — | 9x |
| EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 038 | $85,042 | $42,521 | — | 8.7x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 330 | $125,751 | $62,876 | — | 8.6x |
| DISORDERS OF THE BILIARY TRACT WITH MCC | 444 | $92,100 | $46,050 | — | 8.5x |
| KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITH CC | 660 | $61,167 | $30,583 | — | 8.4x |
| CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC | 310 | $18,717 | $9,359 | — | 8.4x |
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH CC | 418 | $79,146 | $39,573 | — | 8.3x |
| DISORDERS OF THE BILIARY TRACT WITH CC | 445 | $48,449 | $24,224 | — | 8.1x |
| HYPERTENSION WITHOUT MCC | 305 | $30,923 | $15,462 | — | 8x |
| CHEST PAIN | 313 | $30,831 | $15,415 | — | 8x |
| DYSEQUILIBRIUM | 149 | $29,253 | $14,627 | — | 8x |
| MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES | 483 | $121,104 | $60,552 | — | 7.7x |
| LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITH CC | 493 | $105,957 | $52,978 | — | 7.7x |
| ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 392 | $29,892 | $14,946 | — | 7.6x |
| GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITH CC | 389 | $29,425 | $14,713 | — | 7.4x |
| KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NON-NEOPLASM WITHOUT CC/MCC | 661 | $41,526 | $20,763 | — | 7.2x |
| CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 287 | $42,171 | $21,086 | — | 7.2x |
| DIGESTIVE MALIGNANCY WITH CC | 375 | $47,580 | $23,790 | — | 7.2x |
| PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITHOUT MCC | 176 | $29,945 | $14,972 | — | 7.2x |
| SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC | 194 | $29,647 | $14,823 | — | 7.1x |
| MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 470 | $82,359 | $41,180 | — | 7.1x |
| OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC | 253 | $116,090 | $58,045 | — | 7x |
| ANAL AND STOMAL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 348 | $46,751 | $23,375 | — | 7x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC | 281 | $35,045 | $17,522 | — | 7x |
| GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 378 | $37,757 | $18,879 | — | 6.9x |
| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITHOUT C.D.E. WITH MCC | 417 | $104,979 | $52,490 | — | 6.9x |
| OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 252 | $145,357 | $72,679 | — | 6.8x |
| DISORDERS OF PANCREAS EXCEPT MALIGNANCY WITH CC | 439 | $31,701 | $15,850 | — | 6.8x |
| EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH CC | 982 | $102,605 | $51,303 | — | 6.7x |
| BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA WITH CC/MCC | 202 | $31,903 | $15,951 | — | 6.7x |
| SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 872 | $37,592 | $18,796 | — | 6.7x |
| OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC | 271 | $129,283 | $64,642 | — | 6.7x |
| KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 690 | $27,131 | $13,566 | — | 6.6x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC | 247 | $68,776 | $34,388 | — | 6.6x |
| CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 074 | $35,236 | $17,618 | — | 6.6x |
| OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC | 516 | $76,781 | $38,390 | — | 6.6x |
| NONSPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH CC | 071 | $40,030 | $20,015 | — | 6.5x |
| TENDONITIS, MYOSITIS AND BURSITIS WITHOUT MCC | 558 | $30,075 | $15,037 | — | 6.5x |
| FRACTURE, SPRAIN, STRAIN AND DISLOCATION EXCEPT FEMUR, HIP, PELVIS AND THIGH WITHOUT MCC | 563 | $29,170 | $14,585 | — | 6.5x |
| SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 460 | $163,017 | $81,509 | — | 6.5x |
| PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/M | 544 | $23,488 | $11,744 | — | 6.5x |
| OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH CC | 092 | $31,675 | $15,838 | — | 6.4x |
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Data: Federal hospital pricing data, updated annually. All data publicly available under federal law.
Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.
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